THE TURF. 
considered quite first-rate, but from the single fact of 
his having had sixteen horses in training, only a few 
years back, at one time. It is a singular fact, that his 
lordship has only won the Derby once with Spaniel 
and never won the Oaks, in his long career on the turf. 
He had formerly a large breeding-establishment at 
Oxcroft, eight miles from Newmarket ; but the land 
not being suited for it, in addition to the great pre- 
valence of flies, it was removed to within a few hundred 
yards of Newmarket town, where his lordship occupies 
a farm. Here stood the horse Partisan, the sire of many 
good ones, and amongst the rest, Glaucus, purchased 
by Mr. Ridsdale of General Grosvenor at three thou- 
sand guineas, after beating Clearwell (Lord Orford's) in 
a match for five hundred guineas, at Newmarket, and 
now the property of Lord Chesterfield. The best 
judges are sometimes mistaken ; and Lord Lowther 
should not have sold Glaucus to the general for three 
hundred and fifty guineas without having had a taste 
of him ; for besides his winnings, amounting to four- 
teen hundred guineas, he cleared nearly three thousand 
by the purchase. But " Glauci permutatio" is a stand- 
ing proverb for a bad bargain, ever since the hero he is 
named after exchanged gold for iron under the walls of 
old Troy. Joseph Rogers, of Newmarket, trained for 
his lordship. Lord Ranelagh was a short time on the 
heath, but, preferring a more glorious field, is now 
fighting for Don Carlos ; and we must consider our 
noble secretary for foreign affairs, Viscount Palmerston, 
